Susan Coll

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Real Life and Other Fictions was named a best book of the year
The Washington Post
Real Life and Other Fictions was named a best book of the year

Cassie Klein, a 50-something creative-writing teacher, finds herself running away from life as she knows it: empty nest, difficult marriage, cheating husband. But what is she running to? Coll’s seventh novel is all about the wild, unpredictable sprint to something else.

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Real Life and Other Fictions was named a best book of the year
The Washington Post
A realistic portrait of romance on the other side of 50
When dark clouds roll in, do you stay and weather the storm, or do you run toward blue skies?
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